July 27 (UPI) --In West Africa, drummers speak through their instruments -- literally. According to a new study, the dùndúns drum -- in the hands of a skilled percussionist -- can accurately mimic the ...

Sowande Keita of Detroit has been playing the drums for as long as he can remember. “There’s a legendary story, that is actually very true, my father tied the DJembe around my waist before I could ...

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...

Aimee Gelinas, co-founder of Gaia Roots, will conduct a series of Afro-Caribbean and West African drum and percussion workshops from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, and Aug. 12 and 19 at the Lichenstein ...

The North Ridgeville Branch of the Lorain Public Library System hosted a drumming event Feb. 9 with West African drummer Sogbety Dimonade. The event featured drumming lessons, dance sessions and basic ...

You can hear the drumming from the front porch. In the living room of their Indian Trail home, James and Roberta Wilburn are sitting side-by-side, each playing a djembe, a wooden West African drum ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Students from Blythewood High School's West African Drum and Dance Ensemble performed for the students at Jackson School in Kershaw County at the district's Black History Month ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Join Master Drummer Abdoul Doumbia and Master Dancer Djeneba Sako from Mali, West Africa for two ...

Olivia Stepp said she's been "bit" by the rippling drum rhythms and authentic dances from a rich Guinea culture built on generations of storytelling. Stepp's classic ballet training did not prepare ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, died in Paris aged 79, his manager said. The Afrobeat sound, ...